By Fred Cheng, and Christine Cheng (Pharmacists)
It is easy to make resolutions, but it is often tough to realize them. The New Year is a great time to have resolutions and make life(style) changes. Those of you who are diabetic (or borderline), who have high cholesterol, and/or high blood pressure, with or without obesity undoubtedly have been urged by your doctor and pharmacist to “lose some weight by eating better and doing some exercise”. But this is much easier said than done. What if we told you that there is a method out there, with decades of medical research and ongoing observations, which allows our clients to very readily achieve set weight goals and, not only that, they also come away with the knowledge and tools to achieve a permanent, healthy lifestyle change? You no longer have to shed a tear when you try on clothes, and can breath again because your pants are no longer too tight. You can once again be proud when looking in a mirror, and feel strong and healthy while doing it. Sound too good to be true?Thankfully, such a program truly exists and is called the IDEAL PROTEIN® Weight Loss Method.
This easy-to-follow program is only available at approved pharmacies where progress is supervised by licensed pharmacists. It is designed to achieve affective, lasting weight loss, while improving diabetes, high cholesterol, and high blood pressure. Our CLOVERDALE PHARMASAVE and PHARMASAVE STEVESTON VILLAGE clinics have six pharmacists and 3 dedicated coaches to serve our IDEAL PROTEIN® clients and we have seen over 100 clients safely lose over 3000lbs-combined in the past 18 months. These same clients have also experienced drastic reduction of their prescription medication intake. What makes IDEAL PROTEIN® so unique is that it is a medically-developed, supervised method with proven results. Furthermore, these results are reproducible and measurable. The candidate is never hungry, and a dedicated client will always achieve their goals and be on their way to a healthy journey through life. Also, the coaches are dedicated to help you achieve your success; we are not there to judge you, but to help you stay focused and do the right things to achieve your weight-loss goals through weekly 1-on-1 meetings. There are no expensive injections, or expensive pills to take. You will be eating high quality, high protein (low fat, low carb) foods, as well as foods you prepare on your own. There are no synthetic chemicals in our packaged foods, and the only sweeteners are small amounts of sucralose and stevia.There are also thousands of easy recipes that you can use IDEAL PROTEIN® foods in. Furthermore, you are not required to exercise during Phase 1 of the program.
Contrary to what we have been bombarded with for the past two decades, negative caloric intake is not the key to effective weight loss. The key is to have the body in a short bout of “ketosis” to reduce percentage body fat, followed by transition out of ketosis into a lifelong maintenance of this new body composition. Again, this sounds simple at first, but without the proper methods and coaching, it’s just a theory; you need a dedicated coach to help you realize the dietary changes that you have achieved. Come to one of our monthly seminars at CLOVERDALE PHARMASAVE (every 1st Thursday) and PHARMASAVE STEVESTON VILLAGE (every 4th Tuesday) to learn more about the details of this important, life-saving lifestyle change.
Would you want to be up and active with your children and grand-children in your last 15-20 years, or would you want to be bound to a hospital bed? Silly question, right? Sadly, the latter can be the very real future for many who continue on a downward trend in health, precipitated by irresponsible, carefree diet choices. Stop making excuses. Learn about how to manage your diet and lifestyle. Overcome the obstacles along the way with the help of our pharmacists and coaches. Make that New Year resolution come true, and build a stronger, healthier you right now. Come talk to one of us to see if Ideal Protein® suits you. It really is time to make the proper food choices and learn how to enjoy all the foods you love without feeling guilty or letting it affect your health.
[Christine and Fred Cheng are a passionate, charismatic sister-brother pharmacist team at their unique, family-owned and operated Pharmasaves in Cloverdale and Steveston Village, B.C. They specialize in natural remedies and compounding for both human and veterinarian use, as well as lifestyle modification. Everything mentioned in their article is available InStore.]
